英语释义

• self-restraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief);

  "the British like to keep a stiff upper lip"

片语

kept a stiff upper lip顽强不屈

Stiff Upper Lip LiveStiff Upper Lip Live is a DVD made by Australian hard rock band AC/DC during their Stiff Upper Lip World Tour, which was supporting their album Stiff Upper Lip. It was recorded on 14 June 2001 at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany and released to DVD on 4 December 2001 in the USA.

a stiff upper lip坚定不移, 泰然自若

keeping a stiff upper lip人与人或人与单位之间的矛盾悬而未决

keep a stiff upper lip坚定不移；勇敢地面对灾祸

keea stiff upper lip意志坚定

英汉例句

• my parents split up when i was two years old and, while i had monthly contact with my dad, my bitter stepmother and my father「s old-fashioned stiff upper lip meant we never became close.

  我的父母在我两岁的时候就分开了，当我每月去拜访我爸爸的时候，我尖刻的继母和爸爸那老土僵硬的上唇意味着我们从来不曾变得亲近。

• but professor cary cooper, from the lancaster university management school, suggested that losing the stiff upper lip could improve men」s physical and mental health.

  但是兰开斯特大学管理学院的凯里库柏教授认为摆脱「喜怒不形于色」可以促进男性的身心健康。

• although she was deeply saddened by the death of her son, she had a stiff upper lip at the funeral.

  虽然她因丧子而悲恸万分，但是她在葬礼上（绷紧上唇）尽量不露哀伤。

• new york — i try to keep a stiff upper lip about not having an iphone.

  我试着保持咬紧牙关不去使用iphone。

• boys are taught to keep a stiff upper lip even during times of adversity.

  男孩自幼被教导在困难时候仍然要（绷紧上唇）处变不惊。

• it tells us that if you keep a stiff upper lip to chase your goal, you will get successful.

  它告诉我们如果你坚定不移的追求你的目标，你就会获得成功。

• our stiff upper lip seems to be something that gives us strength as a society when we most need it.

  在我们最需要的时候，缄默似乎能给我们带来力量。